Tag Archives: East Gainesville

It’s particularly a problem in low income neighborhoods, and efforts are underway to connect those houses with failing septic systems to sewage lines.

In the coming year, a new type of dockless, battery-powered scooter that the city is calling a micromobility device is on its way.

Commissioners passionately expressed their disappointments, concerns, rebuttals and hope for the future before unanimously approving a motion to add a discussion of racial and equity disparities to the agenda of the next joint meeting.

The city's concerns were raised, but not much was decided upon during the meeting.

The 4As town hall meeting at the Alachua County Health Department was designed as a moment to bring everyone up to speed on the latest in East Gainesville development and help bridge a division between city and county leaders.

Gainesville’s city government is taking steps to possibly repurpose the land and resources formerly used for Gainesville’s Job Corps Center.

A proposed Alachua County sports arena has run headlong into the politics of a decades-long effort to inject more economic activity into East Gainesville.

After a presentation Tuesday, the Alachua County Board of Commissioners are moving ahead with a project to build a sports center at Celebration Pointe but not without concerns.

District 1 is comprised of historically black neighborhoods like Porters and Pleasant Street, along with much of East Gainesville.

Sam Goforth knows he’ll never discover everything about his ancestors, but finding out what he can is a trip worth taking.